The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-30
nv rnr nosrrrALs OF PAR1&


A Radical Change In the nystem Of Nurses--
The Religions Gsss-s Bsrished and Lay
Nursos En,pteyed-A Costly Innovation
1ncome nad Expenditures Of Charity.
LONDON, Oct. 19.--The Punishment OF the
religious orders serving ne nurses In tho hos
pitfalls OF Paris IL progressing faat. Dcauion
aftor Laribois6re. Lariboisioro after st. An
toinc, and these are not tho last The Sisters
OF Mercy, those women OF whom 1t has been
said that they unite In sublime contradiction
tho heart Of tho Virgin to tho intelligence Of
the Mother, have been abruptly, brutally, cjcct-
ed from the home OF their patient, unsolilsh
lubors. md sent AWAY on foot nj In the morn
ing In obedience to q decree which the most
despotic and eectarian tyranny would have
hcsitnted to opiorce
Tho service Of the French hospitals was for
merly entirely in,rustsd 70 Sisters 81 somo re- g"
fetal document OF Jan 81, 1910. In 1881 the
chaplains we're suppressed. and now the sis-
III The nans ' nt tariboisiare md Doauion DO.
l9nged TO the order o. Wy ,Auspsiihes, and they
sister Of 81. Augustine. They consecrated
to The tsndps 81 the sick in aY
During the revolution all tho property Of tho
community was conflscated. ind IRON that day
to this, under oil, tho humorous successive
ceiyed any pay; and yet Indifferent to poverty
and want In their own persons, they hayo inccs-
sanity and with nnwavering abncgation min
isteted to the wants and poverty OF others
They. served the hospitals, Of he Hotel Dicu
tho Charlie, Ut. Louis, Laribosihre and Beau
tho surgeons. and doctors deplorc their ban
ishment; but rs all the hospitals deprived OF
their gentle presence IRE depsnHqn e., on the
overt protestation Is attempted. and the III
mates bend ,undor the powe of the Admins
HE good MY hu gust Sisters Ind iVsd thirty
three years at llnriboisibre and Bonnjon: they
did not pronounce The VOW OF cln,istiation. but
never .forsa&ing their charges even Tor day
even for an hour. Only their relatives were
to ys hDm Thsy
they begun their daily labors; the helps and
assistants mado the bcde OF the patients able
sick les V grands ma!ades, Endsr Witch name
are comprised the bedrll!en ones, the maImed.
and dying. At half past they honrd mass,
They followed tho doctors and surgeons In
their rounds. received their orders, applied
ns T Gxs
tween the long HES Of BEDS with folded hands
less step falling softly like an angels tread.
:, The hours between 2 and q were devoted to
f tba Of the last oSs to the
half an hour, they resumed their. watch till .
1s he bu oh ster wnys
manned up ,and active. ready to answer tho
slighteSt call; to soothe moan. to arrange, g
pillow. lowering between Sufferers pallets, II
rise and give assistance In case OF need to sac
n ce s their Ss Il and to
not been interrupted. In times, Of epidemic the
RELIGIOUS rules were relaxed. the nuns deem
Played in the service Of GODS poor. won ''
They wore boarded and fed by the admin
stHon Of he hGsp that l. to the
the building for their Joint use. Az tue uni
by the Sisters. they w received 2o0 francs s45
n year to got their own costume and nothing
more. How many lay nurses would undertake
tho DECISION to G allow Ia s aSsses f taen
ny the repnn n government we're really one
to aas Of M3aa s @
Assistance PubliGue they have Ieeome made.
and public generosity: and. besides. the now
system, proves much more costy than tho old
one. The stubborn lesson Of facts has already
tome alone, where the services OF the Sisters
cost 10000 francs. tho lay nurses cost 10000.
whe wh the hss PGGsss
22.724 beds, most OF which arc constantly oc-
eeupiod. giving an average Of about 1861 57
each day" costs. as some OF the pa
ers. such as those afflicted with small. pox,
infectious fcvors. and those demanding expen-
sive surgical apparatus, but 1t has been esti;
above. including the maintenance of the
of az Of twenty mil
tee consists Of a director. n purser, and two or
three secretaries; Contrary to the generally
conceived idea, there is not attached to each
every medical man employed in the hospital
treatment Of the patients under his special
care, There is also house physician to each
and a certain number Of medical students be-
e8 was sHa hS ssep SoS
replaced by nurse and assistant.
n, The Assistance PubiiIuo department OF
the ps he sslno and s H"me ssssre
ana is a%s int by
responsible manager who acts OF his own
Tree Tree VIII pEssitos over sho interior and out
ssxpenses, apd presents k!s accounts to the
II He Is answsrablo before the courts
COMPOSED Of the Preioets q Poicse and SHlf the
two Mayors a member Of tho Court Court Of Appeal.
physician surgeon. q professor Of the
H Ia;ny Of Medieine nnd few others, all APP
Tho income Of the Public Assistance has in
creased largely within the few recent years.
Formerly it amounted to nine millions, while
now ~ II reaches twenty MILLIONS. but the outlay
Is lar In excess OF that sum. having In certain
years reached tho enormous figure Of So, Ss7 900
francs. The resources derived from property,
tts t, timber funds, and shares are stable and
trustWorthyi others are subject to variations
tribution of the public pawn shops. the tax
levied on cemeterios, the slight return Of pay
Ing Ing patients. boarders, and inmates who pay
Tor their own medicines, and the much dis
nutcd poor rate, or what ia more correctly called
the toll on theatre tickets. At ono time q tax
OF ten centimcs in the franc was levied on each
ticket, but tho managers of playhouses for their
own convenience had it committed into gen
S rri ono OF ton per cont on the whole receipts
at about three millions Of france. but It Will not
py any means reach that sum this year. owing
OF the Op6ra CoiniQue.
The large deficit between tho income and the
outlay 81 the Assistance Publique is balanced
by charitable foundations bequests. and leSa-
cies, and grant OF 5000, 900 or $4,000 900 from
the Municipal Council, to which that body owes
toned out as follows; 200OO,0O0 for hospitals
and hospicos,. 100000 for outdoor relief aud
tho support OF children, 100000 for apothe-